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ized cow's milk would be demanded, we would then 

 figure on a total daily demand per thousand inhabi- 

 tants, as follows : 



10 Infants in their 1st year, at 0.75 qts. 7.5 qts. 

 10 " " " 1st ' u " 1.00 " 10.0 u 

 20Child'n u " 2d " ' ; 1.00 " 20.0 u 



37. 5 qts. 



This would be the milk necessary for infants in 

 their first and second years, in many places, however, 

 the consumption of normal infants' milk, and sterilized 

 cow's milk, has risen to fifty quarts per 1,000 inhabi- 

 tants daily, owing to a demand, for dyspeptics, and 

 older children. From these quantities w r e may judge 

 that, even in smaller places, the establishment of the 

 manufacture of normal milk may be remunerative, 

 particularly as it may be sent to adjoining places 

 without spoiling. Experience has shown that in all 

 cases there has been a steady increase in the demand. 

 To encourage the introduction, medical men must be 

 furnished with the means of testing the normal milk 

 in their practice. Printed matter, setting forth the 

 merits of the normal milk, should be mailed to all 

 families where an infant has been born, and an ar- 

 rangement can generally be made to receive the ad- 

 dress of such families from the office of registration. 



In many instances the furnishing of normal milk 

 to poor mothers, is a favorite way of bestowing 

 charity, and checks should be printed for the receipt 

 of stated quantities of milk, to facilitate this, and to 



